Anticreeping device for rails.



H. D. FLEGEL & J. HUBENTHAL.

ANTICREEPING DEVICE FOR RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 1916.

'1 ,1 84,338. Patented May 23, 1916.

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WTTED @EATES PATENT @FFTQE HARRISON D. FLEGEL AND JOHN I-IUBEN'IHAL, 0F RAGINE, WISCONSIN.

ANTICREEPING DEVICE FOR RAILS.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HARRISON D. FLEGEL and JOHN HUBENTHAL, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anticreeping Devices for Rails; and we do hereby declare that the following is, a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 7

Thepresent invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroad rail securing means and is more particularly directed to the provision of an anticreeping device for rails.

Various types of anti-creeping devices have been heretofore employed and perhaps the commonest typev comprises a structure provided with means for gripplngthe rail and adapted to abut against the rail t1e, and in practice it has been found that such structures are more or less inefiicient due to the fact that the edge portions of the tie are liable to disintegrate to a greater or lesser extent and thus permit movement of the gripping device into the tie upon creeping tendency of the rail.

It is therefore the object of this present invention to provide an anti-creeping device which may be associated with a tie in such manner as not to depend upon contact with the possibly decayed edge portions of the tie for holding thedevice against creeping movements, and it is more specifically the object to incorporate such a device with a rail bed plate member, and in a manner permitting ready assembling of parts.

It is further an object to provide a bed plate member for coaction with an anticreeping device, wherein certain parts of the bed plate member adapted for conventional holding functions of the rail may coact withthe anti-creepingdevice to further procure a desired-economy and compactness of structure.

In. connection with the bed plate member it is also an object to provide means forpreventing retraction of the securing spikes due to the usual oscillatory tendency of movement of the rail upon a train passing thereover.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement and formation of parts more par- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed February 16, 1916. Serial N 0. 78,580.

ticularly hereinafter described and particularly polnted out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan vlew of the improved bed plate member and anti-creeping device, associated with a rail and he Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the anti-creeping device on the hue 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the bed plate member on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings 5 designates a conventional railroad tie and 6 a rail disposed transversely thereon. The bed plate memher 7 embodied in the present invention is disposed between the rail and tie and pro- ]ects past the sides of the tie, and a plurality of conventional spike members 9 are passed through the bed plate into the tie to firmly secure the bed plate and rail on the tie. The sides of the bed plate adjacent one end thereof are provided with upstanding bosses 8 which abut the respective side of the rail base flange, and which are provided at their upper portions with lips 10 extending over the flange and the outer of these lips being extended laterally outward and then downwardly at the sides of the flange as at 11, consequent recesses being between these portions 11 and the bosses 8. This structure holds the rail against any tendency to lateral spreading, and also coacts with the anticreeping means for the rail. creeping means comprises a shoe block 12 which is provided in one side face with a longitudinal recess 13 adapted to receive an edge portion of the base flange, and is provided in its bottom with a transverse slot 14, the innermost face of which is flush with the adjacent face of the slot 13, and consequently of the base face of the rail. This shoe block is also provided in its side face opposite the face which carries the recess 13 with a transverse concaved portion 15. Associated with this shoe block is a holding member which is formed of a strip of resilient metal bent in angular shape to form a leg 16 adapted to extend transversely of and beneath the rail immediately outwardly of the respective boss 8, and a leg 16 adapted to extend transversely of the plate, and the intermediate portion of the leg 16 is cut away from its top edge and the intermediate portion of the leg 16 is cut away from its bottom edge of the inner faces This antiof thesecut away portions lyingin the same plane which is also the plane of the bottom of the rail. The cut away portions of the leg 16 form at its end a shoulder 17, adaptthe shoulder 18 will also have a biting engagement with the respective edge of the rail flange whereby the rail will be efliciently held against creeping movement in one direction, it being noted that the concave portion 15 serves to procure a wedging action of the shoe with respect to the shoulder 17. For moving and holding the leg 16 of the clamping bar to this position, the adjacent endrof the bed plate has its intermediate top face cut away to provide an inclined surface 20 which inclines upwardly toward the intermediate portion of the. plate and which terminates at its inner end in a slot 21 formed in the plate. Thus upon swinging the leg 1G inwardly, the tongue 19 will engage the face 20 and will ride upward therein, a twisting flexure of the leg 16 of the bar being procured in'this action, and upon the tongue reaching the slot 21, it will drop thereinto and thus all of the parts of the device are resiliently locked in operative position. As a further precaution against displacement of the tongue 19, it is inclined outwardly and the outer side of the slot 21 is inclined in parallel relation thereto, and thus upon the tongue reaching its final position, it will not become displaced under any possible condition by being jarred upwardly. Manipulation of the leg 16 to locked position is facilitated by the provision of fulcrum sockets 22 formed in the bed plate outwardly of the final portion of the leg 16 and adapted to receive the end of a lever or bar.

The base plate illustrated is provided with a pair of bosses 8, and thus is adapted for association therewith of an anti-creeping device for holding the rail against creeping in either direction, and in such instances as where trafiic would occur in both directions on the rail, a pair of anti-creeping devices could be employed with each bed plate, inasmuch as the slot 21 is of sufficient length to receive two respective tongues 19.

For holding the spikes on the side of the rail opposite the lip carrying bosses 8 from becoming loosened due to vertical oscillatory movement of the rail incident to a train passing. thereover, U-shaped clipping memv bers23 are provided to embrace the edge of the rail flange, and the edge of the spike slot portion of the base plate with their lower legs lying in countersinks 24 in the bottom of the said base plate, and their upper legs 7 prising the combination with a rail bed i a plate, a rail abutting boss on said plate, and

a spring bar connected with the rail at its side opposite the boss and having interlocking engagement with the bed plate.

2. An anti-creeping device for rails comprising the combination with a rail bed plate of a rail clamping shoe, and a spring bar engageable with the shoe for clamping it to the rail, and having interlocking con-' nection with the said bed plate.

3. An anti-creeping-device for railscomprising the combination with a rail bed plate provided with a boss adapted toengage one side of a rail flange of an angular securing baradapted to embrace the boss at its angle and adapted at one end for interlocking engagement with the bed plate and provided at its other end with a shoulder adapted to engage the opposite edge of the rail flange.

4:. An anti-creeping device for rails comprising the combination with a member adapted for engagement with a tie of an angular spring bar having one leg provided with shoulders adapted to receive a rail flange therebetween, and means associated with the other leg for procuring interlocking relation thereof with the said member.

5. An anti-creeping device for rails comprising the combination with a body plate 7 adapted for engagement with a rail and provided with a vertical slot, an angular spring bar having one leg provided with shoulders adapted to embrace a rail flange and a tongue at the free end of the other leg adapted to interlockingly resiliently engage lIl said slot.

An anti-creeping device for rails comprising the combination with a tie carried member provided with a vertical slot and having its surfacebetween said slot and itsv adjacent edge portion inclined downwardly from the slot, an angular spring bar having one leg provided with shoulder portions adapted for disposal at opposite sides of a rail flange and a tongue depending from the other leg of the bar and adapted to slide on said inclined face end to resiliently engage in the slot. V

7 An anti-creeping device for rails com prising the combination with a tie carried plate of arail clamping shoe adapted for engagement with one side of'a rail flange and a spring bar adapted for engagement with the shoe and to extend under the rail Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the adapted to extend under the rail and provided with shoulder portions engaging the outer side of the shoe and the opposite side of the rail to procure a binding action, means for anchoring said bar with respect to a tie and means for exerting a spring 20 pressure holding the bar in binding relation.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

HARRISON D. FLEGEL. JOHN HUBENTHAL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

